Transport stabilization of portable items
AssigneeTak Logic, LLC
InventorsMatthew Wayne Kriesel, Troy Bradley Goodenough
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Abstract
A unique transport stabilizing combination for stabilizing items during conditions of movement comprises a viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay disposed upon a vehicular support member. The viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay component of the transport stabilizing combination is desirably viscoelastomeric, adhesive, cohesive, releasable, antipathogenic, cleansable and/or reusable. The vehicular support member is desirably an extension of a vehicle, and the transport stabilizing combination can stabilize a portable item against movement and damage during conditions of movement, such as rocking or during transport.
Claims34
A transport stabilizing combination for stabilizing an item during conditions of movement comprising:
- A. a vehicular support member having at least one exposed surface, and
- B. a cohesive and adhesive viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay;
- wherein the viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay is disposed upon the at least one exposed surface of the vehicular support member.
A transport stabilizing combination for adhesively restraining and cohesively releasing a portable item stowed at a stabilized position comprising:
- A. a vehicle;
- B. a vehicular support member disposed upon the vehicle and having a sufficient size and structural integrity to support a portable item;
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- C. a viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay possessing sufficient adhesiveness and cohesiveness to restrain the portable item at a stabilized position and to release the portable item upon application of a force sufficient to overcome an adhesive attraction between the portable item and the viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay while leaving no more than a nominal amount of a polymer residue upon the portable item;
- wherein the viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay is disposed upon at least a portion of the vehicular support member.
A method for making a transport stabilizing combination for stabilizing a portable item upon a vehicle during conditions of movement comprising:
- A. providing a vehicle comprising a vehicular support member having at least one exposed surface;
- B. providing a thermosetting reaction media comprising:
- 1) about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % diisocyanate prepolymer;
- 2) about 10 wt % to about 40 wt % polyether diol having a molecular weight ranging from about 2,000 to about 6,000;
- 3) about 10 wt % to about 50 wt % polyether triol having a molecular weight ranging from about 3,000 to about 7,000;
- 4) about 20 wt % to about 50 wt % epoxidized vegetable oil plasticizer, and
- 5) 0 wt % to about 40 wt % ester plasticizer having a molecular weight of less than about 750;
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- C. performing one of the following first or second sequence of steps;
- wherein the first sequence of steps comprises:
- 1) disposing a quantity of the thermosetting reaction media upon the at least one exposed surface of the vehicular support member;
- and
- 2) allowing the quantity of the thermosetting reaction media to fully cure to form a viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay, to provide the transport stabilizing combination;
- and
- wherein the second sequence of steps comprises:
- 1) allowing a quantity of the thermosetting reaction media to fully cure to form a viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay;
- and
- 2) disposing the viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay upon the at least one exposed surface of the vehicular support member, to provide the transport stabilizing combination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.